iti56:0.1So It Was Said 56
iti56:0.2The Book of the Threes
iti56:0.3Chapter One
iti56:0.4Defilements (1st)
iti56:1.1This was said by the Buddha, the Perfected One: that is what I heard.
iti56:2.1“Mendicants, there are these three defilements.
iti56:2.2What three?
iti56:2.3The defilements of sensuality, desire to be reborn, and ignorance.
iti56:2.4These are the three defilements.”
iti56:2.5The Buddha spoke this matter.
iti56:2.6On this it is said:
iti56:3.1“Stilled, aware,
iti56:3.2a mindful disciple of the Buddha
iti56:3.3understands defilements,
iti56:3.4the cause of defilements,
iti56:4.1where they cease,
iti56:4.2and the path that leads to their ending.
iti56:4.3With the ending of defilements, a mendicant
iti56:4.4is hungerless, quenched.”
iti56:5.1This too is a matter that was spoken by the Blessed One: that is what I heard.